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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
3
President Roosevelt urged a nationwide all out effort to finance defense bonds and stamps. Public sales began at post offices and banks with bonds from 25 to 10000 dollars and savings stamps from 10 cents to 5 dollars. He framed the drive as supporting arming the nation and preserving democracy.
Miss Anne Johnson of Decatur will play a prominent role in the Fiesta Americana for Huntingdon College Montgomery. The event marks the Pan American Union celebration at the May Day Festival on the campus May 3. The day features pageantry that attracts alumnae parents and visitors each year.
Sergeant Charlie Pierce of B battery 200th CA regiment vows instant discipline when inspectors arrive promising to snap to like a new garter. The remark highlights Army efficiency during a May 1 report from Stewart Georgia.
Natalie Schuyler and Brooks Marchbanks stop after a car crash on Talcyon Island where a wounded boy and a girl face costly care. They pledge to cover all emergency medical expenses, while navigating social tensions and a perilous proposition tied to the island settlement.
Cooper Green, chairman of the Birmingham city commission and head of the McCoy Memorial Methodist church board, will fill the pulpit at Hartselle Methodist church Sunday at 11 o clock. He speaks for Layman's Day observance in Hartselle.
A daily feature warns against food waste and shares Friday menus and cost. Breakfast includes milk, lunch uses cream of salmon soup, tomato juice, cereal, eggs, toast, and homemade jelly. Dinner features chili con carne, buttered asparagus, bread, blackberries, and coffee with a total daily cost about 1.45. Meta Given desserts offered via mail request.
Rep. Engel charged that Camp Edwards on Cape Cod cost more than 29 million dollars, over four times the War Department's original 7.24 million estimate. He cited labor misclassification, contractor overhead, and wage rates as major factors, noting capacity rose from 26 762 to 33 660 men.
Fires that struck five eastern states for the second time in two weeks burned 3 600 acres across New Jersey and neighboring areas. Firefighting crews gained ground as a light dawn rain in Massachusetts and New Hampshire mitigated blazes while officials called conditions extremely critical across the region.
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